Door-check.



C DE G. Woon.

DOOR GHEGK.

Y APPLICATION FILED DEO. 10, 190B. 982,933. Patented Aug. 31, 1909.7

warum@ thaifilhi PATENT "illhlllhi CARLOS DE G-USMAN W'DD, 0F KENTS STORE, VIRGINIA., ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO NATHANIEL T'. MYERS, @E KENTS STORE, VIRGINIA..

Serial No. 466,852.

$32,933, Specification of Letters Patent.

Application lcd December 10, i908.

.To all ich f concern.

i a citiylen of the United States, residg' at Kents Store, in vthe county of Fluvanna and State oi:n a new and useful Door-Check, 'followingis a specilication.

rllhis invention relates to improvements in door checks and has for its obyect the provision oi a device et that kind adapted to yieldingly hold a door in open position.

Another object is to provide a device which will automatically operate to catch the door when the latter is swung open beyond a certain point.

Il further ob]ect is the door and prevent defacement et the saine by the check.

lilith these and other objects in view, as the will more fully hereinafter appear, present invention consists in certain novel details ot construction and arrangement ot illustrated drawings and more out in the appended described,

it beingl understood that various ln the accompanying drawings forming a part o't this specification :--Figiire 'l is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same showing the position of the parts when a door is being held open.

Similar numerals ot reference are employed to designate (ifoiresponding parts throughout.

In carrying out the invention l provide a base plate which is adapted to be secured to the wall, wainscot, or base board in such position that it will be disposed behind the door when the latter is open. T he base plate forms a support for the check proper. rlhe latter is so constructed that one of its arms or members will extend at an obtuse angle to the base plate and in position to engage the vertical edge oi a door when the latter is swung open. A suitable cushion is disposed between the terminal of the engaging arin and the base plate in position to receive the impact oi" the door ai'ter the latter iniown that l, CanLos DE Gersen-in Virginia, have invented of which the to provide a cushion which is adapted to receive the impact of ges in the form, proportion, size and has passed the retaining portion of the engaging member.

in forming the check a suitable piece ot wire or the like is employed, an intermediate portion of which is coiled upon itself, as shown at l. any number ot' coils may be employed according to the degree of resili- .ency required of the device, and in forming the coils the opposite ends et' the wire are brought t1 positions approximately diainetrically opposite each other on the opposite faces et the coiled portion l. That will subsequent-ly be termed the attaching member is formed by extending one of the end portions tangentially to the coil, while the opposite end portion, or engaging member 3 is curved upon the coil to a point adjacent the middle oi' the latter, where it is bent abruptly outward so as to be perpendicular to the coil. The yattaching member *2 terminates in an angular extension which enters a. suitable seat formed in the tace ot the base plate d. The latter is preferably .rectangular in shape and ot' metal, being provided with suitable openings for the reception of screws or the like by means ot which it may be secured to the wall or base board, as betere stated. rEhat portion of the attaching member between its outer terminal and the coil is additionally secured to the tace of the base plate by means of a suitable eye or staple 5. rlQhus it will be seen when the attaching member has been secured in place, as described, pendicular to the tace o'lf the base plate, and the engaging member will lie at an obtuse angle to the latter and perpendicular to the coil. The outer terminal of the engaging member 3 is curved outwardly and rearwardly so as to form a hook 6. rlhe space between the hook portion 6 and body of the engaging member is designed to be slightly greater than the thickness of the ordinary door. rlhe metal at the terminal of the hook portion 6 is rebeiit so as to be substantially parallel with the hook and constitutes what will subsequently be termed a releasing lever 7, the terminal of which projects beyond the base oi' the hooi; and is sui-mounted by a suitable knob 8.

In the use of the device it is designed that the terminal ot the hook portion 6 will be so disposed that the vertical edge of the door will, after it has moved. beyond a certain Fatented Aug. 3l, i909.

the coil will be perpoint, bear against the said hook portion (3. ,I

This it will continue to do, forcing the latter' and the body portion 3 backward against the resiliency ot the coil l until the terminal of the hook, owing to its arc of movement, will move beyond the arc the door swings in and the resiliency of the coil l, in restoring the arm to its original position, will move the door slightly outward and cause its outer vertical side to enter the socket between the hook (S and body portion 3. During this movement and also in the movement whereby the door is engaged, the engaging arm is prevented from mutilating the door by the spherical cushion member 9. rlChe latter encircles the body portion of the engaging member 3 at a point adjacentits outer terminal, and in addition to providing a buffer for the door, serves as a means for preventing danger to the wall when the door is swung open forcibly.

F rom the foregoing it can be seen that I have provided a device which is comparatively simple in structure, embodying few parts and these so disposed that the danger of the same becoming deranged is reduced to a minimum.

\ lVhat is claimed is l. A door check comprising a check bar having a spring' coil, a door` engaging hook at one end of said check bar, and a cushioning member disposed between said hook and coil.

2. A door check comprising an attaching member vand an engaging member having their inner terminals connected by a coil, and a cushioning member on the said engaging member disposed between its outer ter# minal and said coil.

3. A door check con'iprising an engzfaging member having an oppositely extending curvature on one end constituting a spring hook adapted to receive and embrace the vertical edge of a door when in open position, an attaching member, a coil connecting the inner terminals of said members, and a cushion encircling said engaging member disposed between its outer terminal and said coil.

4A. n a door check, the combination of a base plate, an attaching member secured thereto, a yieldably supported engaging member disposed at an obtuse angle to the attaching member, and adapted to receive and embrace the vertical edge of a door when in open position and a coil connecting the inner terminals of the members.

in a door check the combination of a base plate, an attaching member secured thereto, an engaging member provided on its outer end with an oppositely extending door engaging hook adapted to receive and embrace the vertical edge ot a door when in open position, said liooll: terminating in an extension forming a releasing arm, and a` coil connecting the inner terminals of the attaching and engaging members.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CARLOS .DE dUSltL/MT WOOD R. lV. VVHE, J. B. Swiciinn. 

